"Lady Fingers" is likely not the original name for this clone. This name is not located in the Potato Pedigree Database
[Last updated: database now contains 7078 accessions].
I will email Jane Percy Editor, Potato Gene Resources-
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to see if she knows of a duplicate or primary name for Lady Fingers.
Fingerling potatoes seem to pick up local names no matter where they are grown. The ones we see commonly here in the States are: Russian Banana Fingerling, La Ratte, Rose Fin Apple, Ruby Crescent, Straight Banana, Ozzette, just to name a few.
I grow a few of most of the known fingerlings to use in breeding. Consequently, I have thousands of crosses of fingerling clones in the field ready to dig.
My favorite fingerling that is not by own is KHUCHI AKITA. which grows in a coil like a snake. It is purple skinned, with a slight blue ring in the white flesh.
Tom Wagner
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